| Sun ONE Portal Server, Mobile Access 6.2 Deployment Planning Guide |
Chapter 1
Getting Started With Your Deployment ProcessThis chapter provides a roadmap for deploying Sun™ ONE Portal Server, Mobile Access software, and it explains where to find reference information for the product.
This chapter provides the following sections:
Mobile Access Software FeaturesMobile Access software uses wireless communications networks to allow users to access your Sun™ ONE Portal Server site resources—including content, applications, and services—using a browser on any wireless device, such as a mobile phone or a personal digital assistant. It also provides a framework for voice access.
Mobile Access software is an add-on to the Sun ONE Portal Server software and must be installed on each machine on which Portal Server is installed.
Like Portal Server software, Mobile Access software uses the Sun™ ONE Identity Server administration console to manage mobile services and users, policy, and access control. Mobile Access administration can be delegated to other users or line-of-business administrators.
Mobile Access software:
- Supports mobile devices connected to a cellular network or to a wireless network through a LAN or a WAN using HTTP or HTTPS.
- Displays existing portal content on wireless mobile devices such as mobile phones, personal digital assistants, and smart phones.
- Integrates with existing mail, calendar and personal address book products from Sun™ Microsystems, Microsoft, and Lotus.
- Supports voice authentication, navigation, and creation of voice applications written with VoiceXML.
- Provides JavaServer Pages™ (JSP™) software templates for the Nokia 6310i phone.
- Provides dynamic personalization and customization for mobile devices.
- Supports customizing the look and feel of the user interface by modifying the Portal Server software’s provider templates and provider JSP templates as well as the Mobile Access software’s application JSP specifications
- Supports writing custom authentication modules and custom content providers
- Incorporates Java™ Specification Request (JSR) 188 Composite Capability/Preference Profiles Processing (CC/PP) implementation. This facilitates development of device-independent web applications.
- Supports the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) 2.0 specification for User Agent Profile (UAProf), and Extensible HyperText Markup Language (XHTML).
- Supports delivery of content and applications through the Sun ONE Portal Server, Secure Remote Access gateway.
Deployment RoadmapThis section identifies overall steps needed to design, install and use the various components needed for a Mobile Access deployment. Who is responsible for each step of the process will vary.
People working on a deployment will interact with Mobile Access software to administer, develop, and use a portal site. At times, these distinctions might overlap. For example, a developer might use both the Mobile Access product APIs and the Sun™ ONE Identity Server administration console to customize and configure availability, content, and layout of a portal site and its providers. Who is involved in each step of the process will vary.
This section provides the following topics:
Deployment Architecture and Design
For information regarding Sun ONE Portal Server software deployment, see the Sun™ ONE Portal Server 6.2 Deployment Guide at this URL:
http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/816-6760-10
For information regarding deployment of other components in your installation, see the deployment documentation for those products.
Component Software Installation and Configuration
For information about installing Sun Java Enterprise System components, see the Sun Java™ Enterprise System 2003Q4 Installation Guide at this URL:
http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/816-6874
Component Performance Tuning
Mobile Access Software Installation and Configuration
Product Reference InformationThis section provides a set of references to assist you with the specific roles you fulfill in administering, customizing and developing the Mobile Access product. The following topics are presented:
Note
For information about other Sun products that you want to use with Mobile Access software, see the product and documentation information at http://www.sun.com.
Installation Resources
The Sun™ ONE Portal Server, Mobile Access 6.2 Installation Guide is available online at this URL:
http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/816-6832-10
Download the free trial version of the product at this URL:
http://wwws.sun.com/software/download/products/3fde0bf5.html
Administration Resources
The Sun™ ONE Portal Server, Mobile Access 6.2 Administrator’s Guide is available online at this URL:
http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/816-6834-10
Information on understanding the Identity Server product and its administration console, which Mobile Access software uses, is available online at this URL:
http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/816-6773-10
The Sun™ ONE Portal Server 6.2 Administrator’s Guide is available online at this URL:
http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/816-6748-10
Development Resources
The Sun™ ONE Portal Server, Mobile Access 6.2 Developer’s Manual is available online at this URL:
http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/816-6835-10
The Sun™ ONE Portal Server, Mobile Access 6.2 Tag Library Reference is available online at this URL:
http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/817-4354-10
The Sun™ ONE Portal Server, Mobile Access 6.2 Javadocs is available with the Mobile Access software at http://hostname:port/portal/javadocs/ma on the server where Portal Server software is installed.
